TV Imagines a Transgender-Tolerant Society. Can It Make One a Reality?

 

 

"ABC gave us “Ellen,” NBC gave us “Will & Grace,” Bravo gave us “Queer Eye for the Straight Guy,” and eventually the Supreme Court gave us marriage equality. When Joe Biden, as vice president in 2012, declared his support for gay marriage rights, he said, “I think ‘Will & Grace’ probably did more to educate the American public than almost anything anybody’s ever done so far.”

 

Can American TV do the same for transgender Americans? And if it hasn’t — or if it can’t — does that say more about the issue itself or the changing state of the media?

 

read article nby James Poniewozik

TV Imagines a Transgender-Tolerant Society. Can It Make One a Reality? – DNyuz